Jar opener or wrench



HfG. WERNIMONT.

JAR OPENER 0R WRENCH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1919.

1,330,505. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. WERNI- v z-iron'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District or Columbia, have invented certain new and "useful Improvements in Jar Openers or renches; and I do hereby deolare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- 'vention, such as will enable others skilled in use the same.

the art to which it appertains to make and The present inventionirelatesto ar open ers or wrenches, such as are used for opening fruit jar-shaving screw tops, and itis the primary object of the invention to provide a novel and improved wrench of that character which may be manufactured at small cost, and which will nevertheless be thoroughly efhcient and practical in use.

A further. object is the provision of such 1 a jar opener or wrench which may be readily bent or formed from a single length of rod, wire or other suitable stock, and which is provided with novel means to be grasped by the hand for causing the wrench to embrace the jar or cap, and novel means whereby slippageis prevented, the device having efi'ective means for causing it to bite or grip the jar or cap.

With the foregoing and other objects in V View, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts here- .inafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without depart 7 ing from the spirit of the invention,

The invention is illustrated in the'accompanying drawing, wherein V V Figure 1 is a plan view of the 3' ar opener or wrench, showing one formthereof.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modified form. I v V Fig. 3 is a sectional detail taken on the line 3.3 of Fig. 2. r v

As shown in Fig. 1, the tool is bent from a single length of'rod, stout wire-or other suitable stock, the intermediate portion of which forms-a clamping or gripping'loop 1 that extends through an arc of over 180 degrees, so as to embrace'the jar or its cap, it being understood that apair of these devices can be used, one for holding the jar, and the other for unscrewing or tightening the cap; From the ends of the loop or ring 1, the stock is bent outwardly,-as at 2, and extends radially from the loop 1 'to iprovide the '7 Specification of Letters Patent. Feb ,'10, Applicaticiihledl'anuarym,1919. Seiia1No.f271-;=387.

handle portions 3, and-from the outerends oi the portions 3 tlie 'sto-olr is bent-back' or looped, as ate, with theterminal portionsfi progecting inwardly between and ad acent to the handle iortions 3 and conver indvto' the bends 2, with respect to the portions 3.

The portions 8 and 5 thus constitute a pair of handles which can bereadily grasped in the hand to force the handles-toward one another for contractin the loop 1' sothat it 7 5 L i will tightly embrace the jar or cap: The 7 portions 'preiierably contact'with the bends 2 and the ends 6 of the stock project to the circle of the inner periphery of the loop 1,

so that said ends 6 will abut the side of the gar or cap between the ends of the loop 1, as seen in F 1g. 1. The device can be read ly bent rem a suitable length of stock and may be made in variousv sizes, the loop I normally expanding sufiiciently to permit it to slip over'the jar or cap easily. The various portions of the device are all in a common plane, and the device is comparaj tively rig-id, the'resilienc'y being in the loop 1 and bends 2.

In'using the tool,iafter theloop'1 is placed on the object to be held ortu'rned, the handlesare grasped and moved toward oneanother by the pressure of the hand,

thus contracting the loop 1 onto theobject. At the same time,-the 'movement of; the

toward the center of the loop 1, whereby the handles toward one another, will force the 7 ends 6 ofthe gripping portions 5 inwardly and bite or grip the same ma most effective manner, so as to prevent slippagebetween the tool and object ineitherdi'rection, it be ing notedthat the two handles and their gripping means are reversed or rightand left'handed. When the ends 6 of the tool I A abut the object, the tool can spring atthe bends 2 between the'loop land handles, so

that the pressure resulting from the ,move-- 'ment of the handles toward one another, will thrust the ends 6 tightly against the object, by the inward endwise movementbt the portions 5. This results in'the object be- 7 f ing tightly gripped, to prevent slipping, and

as either the tool or object is turned, the

ends 6 will bite or bind against the object;

As a result, the, tool enables the user'to ob-' tain a positive hold on the jar orcap, and the objects aimed at thus carried out in a simpleand eflicac ous-manner.

In the niodified form shown in Fig.2, the forinatlon of the tool 1s somewhat the same,

excepting-that the portions 3 and 5 extend side by side in contact from end to end, instead of being open loopiorm, as seen in Fig. 1 In addition to this, bandsror straps 7 are wrapped around the portions 3 and 5 at the bends 2, to hold theends 6 in place adjacent to said bends- In this form, the portions 5 will, not be as resilient as the portions 5 of the form shown in Fig. 1, and the .ends .6 will therefore beforced against the object in a more positive manner, while the portions 5 of the form shown n Fig, 1 can y eld slightly, due to the flexure oi the said handle portions having portions eX- tending'baclnvardly at'the inner sides and in the plane thereof andterininating at the corresponding ends of said loops to abut and bind against saidlobject. r

2. A Wrench of the character described bent from a length of stock, comprising a clamping loop to embrace an object extending through an arc of over 180 degrees, handle portions extending outwardly from the ends of said loop and forming bends between said loop and pQrtiOnsQandgripping portions extending inwardly from the outer endsv 1? said handle portionsat the inner sides and in the plane thereof and constituting the terminals of the stock, said grippingportions extending to said bends between the ends of, the loop t0 abut and bind against the object. I i r In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification;

HENRY G; WERNIMONT. 

